Orks

Welcome in 2018

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So this is the first post in 2018. The year 2017 wasn’t the best one for my Blog and hobby as I didn’t have as much time as the years before for painting , modeling and gaming. I could only attend the convention in Antwerp because of time constrains. I hope this will be better again in 2018. The hotel for Salute in London is already booked.

Now the first project this year to be started new is a Ork Goff Rock band for my Ork Warhammer 40000 army. I got the old metal citadel miniatures for x mas from my son:

They will get a moving stage in the form of a looted Leman Russ tank . This will be part of the 2018 build something contest over on Lead Adventure Forum. You can follow that contest here.

I will post pictures of the build here ,too.

Got a few more green skins from a very good friend!

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Thank you so much for these wonderful old miniatures you send me Simon! They remind me of old times!

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Thanks for sending them over! I will integrate them into my growing Ork Waaagh

 

Red ones go fasta !

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And another Gretchin. An admirer of the cult of speed, so his clothes have to be red, because every green skin knows ” redbones go fasta!”

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Gretchin No 2

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Here is the second Gretchin I painted. The bigger the gun the better!

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Only ten more to go and the Herder.

“Da Waagh Dreambraka”

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“Oye boyz, dis is da waaagh Dreambraka!!! Wee do kill dem humies”

Here is the start of Big Mega Oberboss Skatagas Dreambrakas aka onehorn Waaagh. You should never call him onehorn to his face just ask the gits what happens then, as long as they can still answer 😉

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This is “Shkul da meanest” Gretchin of the pack. Armed with two shootas he is a formidable foe, at least that is what he thinks.

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More to come!!

 

Orcs and the “gamefication” of Middle Earth

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I found this article on Lead adventure forum. Very interesting to read !!!! Recommended .

“A few thoughts occurred to me while assembling some Tolkien-appropriate orcish forces for SoBH and DR games. This very interesting blog post by Zhu Baijie catalysed them somewhat (I commented as JC). As many of us are keen on gaming in Middle Earth, I thought these might – perhaps – be of interest. On the other hand, it just might see like a completely insane post!

My main contention is that gamers have, over the decades, tended to distort the descriptions contained in Tolkien’s writings and that these distortions have become quite deeply embedded in RPG and wargaming rules and publications. I think this “gamefication” also had an impact on Peter Jackson’s films (I wouldn’t be at all surprised if WETA had a hefty population of current or former gamers). Here are some examples:”

By Hobgoblin .

More to read here